This was such a fun, yet heartfelt book! I'll admit, I wasn't quite sure what to expect going in. The premise was great, but I could also see how it could get cheesy? Well, good news friends! It was unequivocally not cheesy, and instead full of fabulous! We meet Zan, who has a real case of the sads cause her best friend Priya has moved away. And that is not a fun situation, as I am sure most of us have experienced. Only instead of the long phone calls and non-stop texts and emails Zan assumed would be coming from Priya, there's radio silence. And Zan just knows deep down that Priya wouldn't just quit their friendship.
There are a lot of pros to this one, so let us start with all the stuff that made me happy!
The Things I Liked:
- •Female friendship rep was phenomenal. Because look, these two were just lifelong buds, there were no two ways about it. They trusted each other with everything, and while I don't want to get into spoiler territory, you'll really see how much Priya means to Zan.
- •The plot was really quite entertaining! So it's a contemporary, so obviously I wasn't expecting non-stop action, but it was completely engaging! And I truly didn't know how things were going to turn out for Zan or Priya. Was it going to be something sad? Sinister? Mundane? Miscommunication? Otherworldly? Supernatural? Occult? Who knows! I mean, okay, I do, but I am not telling you.
- •Friend/love interest Logan is so endearing. I ship it. He's just a really fun person to be reading about, and I was so incredibly glad that Zan found someone who would help her, and wouldn't just dismiss her love for her friend like so many other people in her life tried to.
- •I laughed a lot. I really enjoyed the sense of humor of both Zan and Logan, and their banter was phenomenal. Really, all the characters had such personality, it made for a story that it was easy to be invested in.
The Things I Didn't:
- •The only thing I kind of wasn't sure about was some suspension of disbelief, though it definitely wasn't enough to outweigh all the good. Not even close, tbh.
Bottom Line: Completely charming and entertaining, this book that highlights the strength of friendship shouldn't be missed!